A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I live, I want
to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend for the job?
Thanks.

tenplay wrote:
A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I live,
I want to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend
for the job? Thanks.

There are exactly 451,547,627 kinds of plastics. Each requires a
special glue and 37.85% of them can't be glued at all.

That said, I suggest trying the Super Glue type stuff. It seems to work
well with many plastics. Make sure you get the high strength stuff, not the
stuff now sold in the drug store as it has been intentionally weakened.
Some hobby shops should have the real stuff.

BTW someone may come along with another suggestion based on experience
with that type of part/plastic. If they do, you may want to consider their
suggestion first.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

"tenplay" wrote in message
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A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I live, I
want
to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend for the job?
Thanks.
==
I suggest modeling cement. It works far better than super glue type products
(which never seem
to work at all).
==

"tenplay" wrote in message
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A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I live, I
want
to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend for the job?
Thanks.


Try JB Weld. Not the quick set stuff, but the one that must set over night.

Charlie

PLAS-T-PAR

stuff will get you high and mends plastic. A bit messy though


"tenplay" wrote in message
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A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I live, I
want
to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend for the job?
Thanks.

tenplay wrote:

A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I live, I want
to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend for the job?
Thanks.
go for the two part epoxy(not the super glue stuff) the two part stuff
comes in two small tubes.. you squeeze out a bead of it on a Paper plate
if you have them, then a bead next to it of the hardner.. i use Q-tips
to drag one bead to the other and then mix them together..... do this
quick and then apply to broken plastic piece and put some extra around
the outside of the crack... then get someone to put some scotch tape on
the part thats broken off to hold it in place and lay it down gently and
leave it there until the next day... it should be stronger than it was
before the break.... the one tube of super glue stuff will probably work
faster and hold it for a while but will fall apart in no time.....
hope this helps...

"tenplay" wrote in message news:xio2c.188878$jk2.675865@attbi_s53...
A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I live, I want
to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend for the job?
Thanks.

the other guys here are all kinda right. first, if it is made of
PVC/vinyl, acrylic, phenolic, or polycarbonate plastic, superglue
(cyanoacryate) will work really well. if if is polypropylene it wont
work at all. model cement is ok but has no torsional strength. JB
weld is ok but takes too long to set. best bet is to set in position
with superglue (unless as above) and use a 2 part quickset epoxy for
support. the epoxy i use is a gel, has 5 minute work time (sets quick
after that), fully sets in one hour, and has 2500psi strength, about
$2.00 at local hardware - just not good for high temp stuff. goes on
clear too...

Plastic modeling cement will only work on poly-styrene plastic. I doubt
that the vaucum cleaner is made out of poly-styrene. If it is hard plastic
superglue should work.


"Gini" wrote in message
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"tenplay" wrote in message
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A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I live, I
want
to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend for the
job?
Thanks.
==
I suggest modeling cement. It works far better than super glue type
products
(which never seem
to work at all).
==

If you can't find the replacement part locally, you should be able to
find the manufacturer on the Internet and order it directly from them.
The glue is probably going to cost you $5.00 or so and may not work
satisfactorily. I would rather spend $20.00 on a new replacement
part.
Des

"tenplay" wrote in message
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A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our
vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I
live, I want
to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend for
the job?
Thanks.

"tenplay" wrote in message news:xio2c.188878$jk2.675865@attbi_s53...
A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I live, I want
to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend for the job?
Thanks.

Hi,

Maybe a 2 part epoxy....
http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=737538
Epoxy patch kit.

jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/

quoting:
tenplay wrote:
A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I live,
I want to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend
for the job? Thanks.

There are exactly 451,547,627 kinds of plastics. Each requires a
special glue and 37.85% of them can't be glued at all.

That said, I suggest trying the Super Glue type stuff. It seems to work
well with many plastics. Make sure you get the high strength stuff, not the
stuff now sold in the drug store as it has been intentionally weakened.
Some hobby shops should have the real stuff.

BTW someone may come along with another suggestion based on experience
with that type of part/plastic. If they do, you may want to consider their
suggestion first.


I once fixed broken headphones with a solderng iron. Super glue wouldn't
work on this plastic, so melting it back together did the trick. Looks kinda
funny though.

However, 126,483,296 of those plastics only are found in laboratories.

It is an excellent point, though......

My default adhesive has been two part epoxy, which is sold under the brand
name J.B. Weld.

Not to be confused with J.B. Books which sticks, but is generally useless.

--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com


"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message
...
tenplay wrote:
A piece came off of the hard plastic carpet attachment for our vacuum
cleaner. Since I cannot find the replacement part near where I live,
I want to try gluing the piece back on. Which glue do you recommend
for the job? Thanks.

There are exactly 451,547,627 kinds of plastics. Each requires a
special glue and 37.85% of them can't be glued at all.

That said, I suggest trying the Super Glue type stuff. It seems to work
well with many plastics. Make sure you get the high strength stuff, not the
stuff now sold in the drug store as it has been intentionally weakened.
Some hobby shops should have the real stuff.

BTW someone may come along with another suggestion based on experience
with that type of part/plastic. If they do, you may want to consider their
suggestion first.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

Good thought. I've found business card, and toothpick work well.

I was also thinking model airplane cement, but epoxy more likely to hold up.

--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com


"jim" wrote in message ...
tenplay wrote:
go for the two part epoxy(not the super glue stuff) the two part stuff
comes in two small tubes.. you squeeze out a bead of it on a Paper plate
if you have them, then a bead next to it of the hardner.. i use Q-tips
to drag one bead to the other and then mix them together..... do this
quick and then apply to broken plastic piece and put some extra around
the outside of the crack... then get someone to put some scotch tape on
the part thats broken off to hold it in place and lay it down gently and
leave it there until the next day... it should be stronger than it was
before the break.... the one tube of super glue stuff will probably work
faster and hold it for a while but will fall apart in no time.....
hope this helps...